thehereandafter

 Today my hubby and I are headed for Raleigh, NC for some work related seminars. We are so fortunate to be able to do this several times a year and in 4 or 5 different states. We are able to take a company vehicle, lodge in a very nice hotel (always a king bed with a down comforter and many, many pillows), eat whenever and wherever the mood strikes, and I can usually fit in a little retail therapy! Sounds perfect doesn't it!? Well yes, unless you are my better half and have your PTS, OCD, neurotic, guilt-ridden, wife tagging along with you. OOOKK...here is a picture into one aspect in the life of my sainted hubby!  The craziness begins weeks before our trips. He comes home from work and informs me that we are going so "clear your calendar!" At first I am always very excited and just the thought of a break from our routine makes me smile...and of course the thought of a king size bed and all the Starbucks coffee I could want. But then the guilt starts to creep in. How

Most of you that know me well are aware that I have an obsession with all things WEATHER! When I had my first baby she had colic and we decided to hook up to cable. In those days there was not a lot of late night television and my baby's "uncomfortable" time didn't start until around 11 pm. So, as I stood in my living room, bouncing her in the middle of the night, I would watch hours of Jim Cantore of the weather channel...pretty much all the programming that was available through the night back then. That was the start of my love for the weather...sunny, windy, rainy, snow, thunderstorms, tornadoes, high pressure systems, low pressure systems...all things weather. This winter the weather has been up and down and very interesting to follow. From winter temperatures in the 80's to snow flurries; from rain and flash floods to sunny days and days of thunderstorms. We have had so many up's  and down's. In the same week we had snow showers and then temperatur